An Alabama legend has died. William "Bill" Battle served as Alabama athletic director from 2013-2017 and played football for the Crimson Tide from 1960-1962. He was 82.

Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first national championship team, coached the Tennessee Volunteers and also founded the Collegiate Licensing Company,

Bill Battle, a former football coach at Tennessee, has died. The University of Alabama, where he played football and later would serve as athletic director, made the announcement Thursday. He was 82.

Hours after announcing the linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. had died Wednesday from a head injury he suffered in a game in October, Alabama A&M backtracked and said he is still alive. “We retract the news of the passing of Medrick (Burnett) Jr.

In a stunning development, an Alabama A&M football player whose death had been announced by the school is still alive and on life support. The statement was quickly retracted Medrick Burnett Jr. was injured in a head-to-head collision during the Bulldogs' game against Alabama State on Oct.